Reinforced pocket.



H. H. WAGNER.

REINFORCED POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1914.

1,172,85 1. Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

HENRY HARRY WAGNER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

REINFORCED POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed February 25, 1914. Serial No. 820,872.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HARRY WAG- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of l/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced Pockets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to reinforcedpockets, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide simple, reliable and efiicient means for reinforcing a pocket by binding a strong stay for the seam at the corners of the pocket.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple means for staying the ends of seams in pockets and in other portions of garments where there is a great strain upon the end of the seam.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pocket having the corners reinforced in accordance with this invention, and a portion of the pocket at the upper edge thereof being broken away and turned outward. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view in elevation showing the manner of folding the reinforced tape or binding to form the stay at one corner of the pocket.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the material to which the pocket is connected and it will be understood that the pocket may be used on overalls, butchers aprons and other garments requiring a good strong durable pocket which will not rip from the material to which it is secured.

Secured to the upper edge of the pocket 2, before the pocket is connected to the material 1 a strong binding tape or reinforcement 3 is connected to the edge of the material by the seams 4 and 5 with the ends of the reinforcement or tape 3 extending beyond the pocket and unattached. The pocket 2 is then attached to the material 1 by a double line of stitches 67. Before the upper edge of the pocket is connected to the material, the tape 3 is doubled upon itself on the line 8 of Fig. 3 with the lower edge 9 of the tape extending at right angles to or across the tape. The tape is then bent on the line 10 with the edge 11 lying parallel to and abutting the upper edge of the tape 3. The terminal end of the tape is bent on the line 12 and extends within the pocket and is connected to the pocket and to the material by the seams 6 and 7 which are also "extended as at 6 and 7 a and the seam 7 is continued entirely around the reinforcement at the outer edges thereof, while the extreme end of the tape is extended on the diagonal line 13 and connected by the stitches 6 and 7 inside the pocket, after which the projecting portion may be trimmed ofi.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the corner of the pocket is reinforced by a flat folded portion of the strong tape 3, thus rendering the pocket very strong and durable and one which can not be detached from the material 1 by any ordinary strain.

This invention is not only of great utility in staying pockets, but may be used for reinforcing the ends of seams to prevent their starting to rip where there is an extraordinary strain upon them.

WVhat is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a reinforcing strip secured to the upper edge of a pocket so that its longitudinal edges lie parallel with the edge of the pocket, said strip being folded so that an edge of the folded portion lies in a plane perpendicular to the strip, the folded portion again being folded so that an edge extends parallel with the upper edge of the pocket and the parallel extension being folded so that its end extends downwardly and diagonally into the pocket and stitches extending through the portions reinforcing the same.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY HARRY WAGNER. lVitnesses:

RICHARD ELSNER, AUGUST RoTHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

